goodvirus 1.2.8

An ethical, self-updating system watchdog daemon with full-system scanning.

GooDViruS™

Version: 1.2.6
Author: Nico
License: MIT
Platform: Cross-platform
Install: Available on PyPI

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📚 Documentation

• 📦 Installation Guide (INSTALL.md)
• 🔐 Concerns & Ethics (CONCERNS.md)
• 🧾 Security Policy (SECURITY.md)
• 🧪 Changelog (Coming Soon)

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🧬 What is GooDViruS™?

GooDViruS™ is an ethical system watchdog daemon that quietly runs in the background and scans your system for:

• 🧱 Suspicious files (like bankinfo.txt, passwords.txt, etc.)
• 🧬 Malicious patterns (entropy detection, stealthy signatures)
• 💉 Dangerous-looking processes (cheat, inject, etc.)
• 📁 Files that have been renamed, moved, or manipulated in shady ways

It behaves like a virus — but only to protect you.

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🛠️ Key Features

• 📁 Persistent file memory — remembers flagged files even after reboot
• 🔍 Process monitoring — detects suspicious programs
• 🧠 Behavior-based heuristics — no hardcoded virus list
• 🔄 Auto-updates from PyPI — secure and verifiable
• 👻 Stealth mode — quiet background operation
• 🕵️ Lore mode — optional creepy messages for flair
• ✅ User-readable logs — clear, timestamped activity reports

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🆕 What’s New in v1.2.6

Feature	Description
🧠 ignore_system_noise	New config option to skip noisy system files unless truly suspicious
💾 Full-host scanning	Scans your entire system instead of just the project folder
📍 Exact path logging	Logs show full file paths of flagged or renamed files
🧮 Memory filter logic	Smart filtering of files from Windows system paths if ignore_system_noise = true
🧭 Smarter output	Shows what’s happening, where, and why — even to non-tech users
⚠️ Known Limitation	No log bloat prevention yet – log file can grow to gigabytes over time if left running unsupervised

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⚠️ Important Log Warning

GooDViruS™ logs everything suspicious it finds — which is great for visibility, but:

• ❗ The log file can grow very large over time
• ❗ It can reach gigabytes if left unattended
• ❗ There is no automatic cleanup or size limit yet

For now, you can manually clean the log:

del goodvirus/logs/observer_log.txt

Or disable certain modes in the config file.

🔐 Future updates will include smart log trimming, confidence levels, and whitelist support.

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🧾 Configuration

After first run, open:

goodvirus/config/daemon_config.ini

You can toggle features like:

[Daemon]
interval = 10
stealth_mode = false
daemon_lore = true
show_signature = true
auto_update = true
full_host_scan = true
ignore_system_noise = true

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🚀 Getting Started

Install from PyPI:

pip install goodvirus

Run the daemon:

goodvirus

Logs will appear in:

goodvirus/logs/observer_log.txt

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📘 Full Setup Help

See the new guide:
👉 INSTALL.md — step-by-step for non-tech users

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💬 Concerns or Ethics?

Everything is documented in:
👉 CONCERNS.md

GooDViruS™ is open, local-only, and self-contained.
It never sends data, and it works only for you.

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Stay safe. Stay aware. Stay in control.
GooDViruS™ is watching — for your safety. 💉